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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Baker says there's a reservation close to his home. What tribe lives on the reservation?
(a) Blackfoot.
(b) Seminole.
(c) Pawnee.
(d) Nez Perce.

2. What two Walkers sit down on the road in Chapter 12?
(a) Pearson and Scramm.
(b) Scramm and Mike.
(c) Joe and Scramm.
(d) Mike and Joe.

3. What college do the young men who make a human pyramid attend?
(a) University of Maine.
(b) Harvard.
(c) University of New Hampshire.
(d) Maine State University.

4. What are Veazie and Winterport, mentioned in Chapter 12?
(a) Street names.
(b) Old friends of Garraty that he dreams about.
(c) Names on overhead signs seen during the night.
(d) Names of Walkers.

5. According to Garraty, whose hair was going gray before he died?
(a) Gribble.
(b) Mike.
(c) Olson.
(d) Scramm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Walkers plan on responding to what awaits them on the entrance ramp of the turnpike in Chapter 11?

2. Garraty remembers getting water cramps once after drinking a lot of ice-cold water. What activity had made him so thirsty?

3. What causes Garraty to stumble when walking on the median in Chapter 11?

4. Where did McVries and his girlfriend work?

5. What is the date when the Walkers pass through Oldtown?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?

2. What happens to Garraty's leg in Chapter 13?

3. What does McVries compare the walk to in Chapter 14?

4. What had Garraty's girlfriend said about his going on the Long Walk?

5. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?

6. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?

7. Why does Garraty feel a twinge of excitement when he sees a turnpike sign saying that Oldtown is sixteen miles away?

8. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?

9. Explain Parker's analogy about crackers and how they compare to the Walkers.

10. What is Pearson's plan for when he feels like he can't go on and why won't it work, according to Garraty?

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